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1	A specialized set of StockCharacters common to stories set in [[TheWildWest the American West of the 19th Century]] and used in TheWestern, almost as stylized and precisely-defined as the characters of ''[[CommediaDellArte commedia dell'arte]]''.
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5	[[index]]
6	'''Riders of the Purple Sage'''
7	* AntiHero: Late-period westerns were some of the major codifiers for anti-heroes, along with FilmNoir. Think {{Spaghetti Western}}s, [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man With No Name]], etc.
8	** TheExpyWithNoName
9	* {{Cowboy}}
10	** GayCowboy
11	* TheDrifter
12	** KnightErrant
13	* TheGunslinger
14	** FastestGunInTheWest
15	** TheTropeKid
16	** RetiredGunfighter
17	** TheGunfighterWannabe
18	** YoungGun
19	* {{Outlaw}}
20	** {{Bandito}}
21	** TheHighwayman
22	** TheMostWanted
23	** TheRustler
24	** RetiredOutlaw
25	* BountyHunter
26	* SamuraiCowboy
27
28	'''Lawmen'''
29	* CircuitJudge
30	** HangingJudge
31	* PinkertonDetective
32	* TheSheriff
33	** CluelessDeputy
34	* USMarshal
35
36	'''Frontiersmen'''
37	* CampCook
38	* HunterTrapper
39	* MountainMan
40	* ThePioneer
41
42	'''Rich Folk'''
43	* CattleBaron
44	* RailroadBaron
45	* {{Rancher}}
46
47	'''Settlers'''
48	* DeterminedHomesteader
49
50	'''Townsfolk and others'''
51
52	* TheBlacksmith
53	* ChineseLaborer
54	* ChineseLaunderer
55	* CitySlicker
56	* {{Clerk}}
57	* [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Corrupt Businessman]]
58	* DryCrusader
59	* FortyNiner
60	* FrontierDoctor
61	* MedicineShow
62	** SnakeOilSalesman
63	* MeekTownsman
64	* MorallyBankruptBanker
65	* PonyExpressRider
66	* {{Posse}}
67	* {{Prospector}}
68	* RailroadEmployeeRoundhouse
69	* RemittanceMan
70	* {{Schoolmarm}}
71	* SouthernGentleman
72	* {{Undertaker}}
73	* WastelandElder
74	* WesternUnionMan
75
76	'''The Church'''
77	* PreacherMan
78	** TheMissionary
79	* {{Undertaker}}
80
81	'''The Saloon'''
82	* TheBartender
83	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold, often called a "soiled dove"
84	* MissKitty
85	* ThePianoPlayer
86	* ProfessionalGambler
87	* SaloonOwner
88
89	'''Natives'''
90	* GoingNative
91	** MightyWhitey
92	* IndianMaiden
93	* MagicalNativeAmerican
94	* NobleSavage: In this case, noble Native Americans
95	* TheSavageIndian
96
97	'''The Army'''
98	* ArmyScout
99	** UsefulNotes/TheDelaware
100	* CavalryOfficer
101	* TheRemnant: All those Confederate soldiers still hanging on after the Civil War.
102	* UsefulNotes/TheSeventhCavalry
103	[[/index]]

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